6:30 PM,
Sep. 28, 2012

Jeff Seifried, Mayor Protem of Sprigfield, sits in a sonic chair in the Fort Collins in the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery during a tour. A delegation of city officials and business people from Springfield MO, spent two days in Fort Collins to see how the city operated the Friday Sept. 28, 2012.

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Madeline Novey
Fort Collins Coloradoan

A visit this week to Fort Collins, Colo., opened the eyes of government and business leaders to ways to improve what's being done in their own city of Springfield.

Nearly 50 community leaders traveled to Colorado's Choice City for the 19th annual Community Leadership visit, taking time to tour some of the most well-known craft and micro breweries in not only Fort Collins, but also the country. The group also heard from business leaders who embodied the "strong sense of entrepreneurialism" and "investor confidence" present in Fort Collins, said John Wilson, chairman of board of directors ...